PARK SHIN HYE’S MANILA VISIT

South Korean ac­tress Park Shin Hye, who is known for her roles in The Heirs and Doc­tor

Crush, two pop­u­lar K-dra­mas (Korean dra­mas), was seen out and about in Manila last July. The ac­tress was in the coun­try for the Manila leg of her “Flower of An­gel” fan meet and con­cert tour, held last July 28 at the Araneta Coli­seum in Que­zon City.

A day be­fore the con­cert, Shin Hye also spoke to the me­dia at a press con­fer­ence held at the Makati ShangriLa Ho­tel. The press­con was or­ga­nized by Bench, the lo­cal life­style brand she en­dorses. Speak­ing in Korean, Shin Hye thanked her Filipino fans for the warmth and sup­port they have given her over the past few years.

That warmth and sup­port must be why she keeps com­ing back—this was her third visit to the coun­try!

Flank­ing Shin Hye are an of­fi­cial in­ter­preter (left) and TV-ra­dio host Sam Oh (right). A South Korean who has been liv­ing in the Philip­pines for more than 20 years, Sam can speak English and Filipino but is still flu­ent in her na­tive Korean. She trans­lated Shin Hye’s an­swers into English for the ben­e­fit of the au­di­ence.

Bench founder Ben Chan, who is present at most of the life­style brand’s press con­fer­ences, went up the stage to greet Shin Hye.